Learn Autodesk Civil 3D Essentials for roads and platforms design

General Information

  • Access: 84 online training videos available for 2 years.
  • Duration: Total video runtime is 8.5 hours.
  • Price: 550 NZD (approx. 315 USD).
  • Volume Discounts: Contact us for more details.
  • Purchase Options: See the bottom of the page for details.
  • Training Data and Documentation: Provided.
  • Certification: Certificates are issued upon submission of all drawings meeting the minimum requirements.
  • Reporting: Managers can request weekly reports on individual users, including login count, progress, and last login date.
  • Subscription: Available for continual access.
  • Software Requirement: All training drawings are saved in Civil 3D 2018; students must use Civil 3D 2018 or a newer version.

Course curriculum

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  • 1
    INTRODUCTION AND TRAINING DATA
  • 2
    1 USER INTERFACE AND SETTINGS
  • 3
    2 TEMPLATES
  • 4
    3 SURFACES
    • 3.1 Create surface from point file FREE PREVIEW
    • 3.2 Create surface from contours
    • 3.3 Create surface from 3D faces
    • 3.4 Surface properties and statistics
    • 3.5 Surface styles
    • 3.6 Add breaklines to surface from point file
    • 3.7 Set maximum triangle length
    • 3.8 Edit surface
    • 3.9 Surface analysis
    • 3.10 Water drop and catchment area
    • 3.11 Surface labels
    • 3.12 Surface tables
    • 3.13 Surface boundaries (outer, show and hide)
    • Recap 1
  • 5
    4 PLATFORMS
  • 6
    5 COGO POINTS
    • 5.1 Create COGO points
    • 5.2 COGO point labels, styles and groups
    • 5.3 Renumber COGO points
    • 5.4 Create COGO point tables
    • 5.5 Export COGO points
    • Recap 2
  • 7
    6 HORIZONTAL ALIGNMENTS
    • 6.1 Create alignment by layout and modify alignment
    • 6.2 Create alignment from a polyline
    • 6.3 Alignment properties
    • 6.4 Alignment chainage labels
    • 6.5 Alignment labels
    • 6.6 Setting out data tables for alignment with curves
    • 6.7 Setting out data tables for straight alignment
    • 6.8 Calculate alignment superelevation
    • 6.9 Define superelevation manually for alignment with curves
    • 6.10 Define superelevation manually for straight alignment
  • 8
    7 VERTICAL ALIGNMENTS
    • 7.1 Create surface profile and profile view
    • 7.2 Create profile by layout and modify profile
    • 7.3 Profile properties
    • 7.4 Profile labels
    • 7.5 Profile view properties
    • 7.6 Profile view band sets FREE PREVIEW
    • 7.7 Profile view labels
    • 7.8 Display superelevation labels in the profile view
    • 7.9 Display direction label for straight alignment
    • 7.10 Tips for working with profiles and profile views
  • 9
    8 ASSEMBLIES
    • 8.1 Basic road assembly
    • 8.2 Subassembly from polyline
    • 8.3 Copy assembly between drawings
  • 10
    9 CORRIDORS
    • 9.1 Create corridor
    • 9.2 Create corridor top surface
    • 9.3 Add corridor slope patterns
    • Recap 3
  • 11
    10 ROAD EDGE (ETW) PROFILES
  • 12
    11 CROSS SECTIONS
    • 11.1 Create sample lines
    • 11.2 Create draft (preview) cross sections
    • 11.3 Change section style and section view style
    • 11.4 Section view labels
  • 13
    12 CORRIDOR QUANTITIES
  • 14
    13 PLAN AND PROFILE SHEETS
  • 15
    14 CROSS SECTION SHEETS
    • 14.1 Sheet production template
    • 14.2 Create sheet production cross sections
    • 14.3 Create cross sections sheets
    • Recap 4
  • 16
    15 ROAD WIDENING
    • 15.1 Road widening with polyline
    • 15.2 Road widening with offset alignments
  • 17
    16 INTERSECTION DESIGN
    • 16.1 Tie side road to the main road FREE PREVIEW
    • 16.2 Create bellmouth horizontal and vertical alignments
    • 16.3 Adjust main road corridor at intersection
    • 16.4 Create bellmouth assemblies
    • 16.5 Extract feature line from main road corridor for targets
    • 16.6 Shorten side road corridor at intersection
    • 16.7 Set targets for bellmouth regions
    • 16.8 Check created intersection
    • 16.9 Adjust side road superelevation and update intersection
    • 16.10 Change main road profile (VA) and update intersection
    • 16.11 Create side road edge (ETW) profiles
    • 16.12 Intersection setting out points
  • 18
    17 DRAWING MANAGEMENT
    • 17.1 Drawing management
  • 19
    CERTIFICATION
    • Assignments

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Course Reviews

  • Shuaib Yunos

    Shuaib Yunos

    A great course covering all the essentials a designer needs

    A great course covering all the essentials a designer needs

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  • Civil 3D Essentials review

    Shan Labuschagne

    Very in depth course and it made me go over every piece of material until I was comfortable. Recommend this course.

    Very in depth course and it made me go over every piece of material until I was comfortable. Recommend this course.

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